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date: "2022-12-14"
title: "Council Meeting Minutes 2022-12-14"
source: "2022-12-14-minutes-council-monthly.pdf"
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City of Prairie City
Council Meeting
December 14, 2022

1. Attendance:
2. Mayor Jim Hamsher
3. Councilor Chase McClung
4. Councilor Chase Bloom
5. Councilor Scott Officer
6. Councilor Candy Reagan
7. Councilor Brook Williams
8. Public Works Director Chris Camarena
9. City Recorder Shonalie Oakes
10.
11. Visitors:
12. Pam Gangler
13. Kelsy Wright
14. Eli Wright
15. Shanna Wright
16. Didget McCracken
17.
18. Mayor Hamsher called the meeting to order at 6:00pm. Roll call taken, and pledge of allegiance
19.  was done.
20. Mayor Hamsher amended the agenda to include Prairie Wood Products, and the Cyber Mill.
21.
22. Minutes:
23. The minutes from November 9, 2022 were considered.
24. MSP: To approve the minutes of November 9, 2022 Councilor Williams/McClung
25. The minutes from November 30, 2022 were considered.
26. MSP: To approve the minutes of November 30, 2022 Councilor McClung/ Bloom
27.
28. Eli Wright:
29.  sign. He presented two designs ideas to the city council, requesting their preference.
30. All present favored the mountain themed sign.
31. MSP: To approve the mountain theme sign Councilor Officer/Williams
32.
33. CyberMill:
34.  the initial opening. 104 new members and growing!
35.
36. Prairie Wood Products:
37. from Prairie Wood Products well during the City’s water emergency, totaling 12,000,000 gallons.
38.  The council all agreed to credit Prairie Wood Product’s water account with the city, to replace
39.  the 12,000,000 gallons that the city pumped from Prairie Wood’s well.
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41.

  Eli Wright presented his senior project. He is building a “Welcome to Prairie City”

 Didget McCracken gave an update for the last two months on the Cyber Mill since

  The City kept a running total of gallons that we pumped

 : Prairie City Grievance Policy & Procedures Complaints of

  A resolution to let it be known to all persons of the City of Prairie City

 A Resolution that its law enforcement personnel shall not use excessive
42. Resolution No.2022-13:
43.  force against any individuals engaged in nonviolent civil rights demonstrations; and Applicable
44.  State and local laws that prohibit physically barring entrance to or exit from a facility or location
45.  which is the subject of such nonviolent civil rights demonstrations within its jurisdiction, shall be
46.  enforced. MSP: To approve Resolution No.2022-13 Councilor Officer/Bloom 5 Yay 1 Nay
47.
48. Resolution No. 2022-15:
49. that discrimination in the sale, rental, lease, advertising of sale, rental or lease, financing of
50. housing or land to be used for construction of housing, or in the provision of brokerage or rental
51. services because of race, color, religion, sex, disability (physical or mental), familial status
52. (children) or national origin is prohibited by Title VI 11 of the federal Fair Housing Amendments
53. Act of 1988. It is the policy of the City of Prairie City to support the Fair Housing Amendments
54. Act of 1988 and to implement a Fair Housing Program to ensure equal opportunity in housing for
55. all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability (physical and mental), familial status
56. (1. children, and 2. actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status or its
57. members), or national origin. MSP: To approve Resolution No.2022-15 Councilor
58.  Officer/Bloom 5 Yay   1 Nay
59.
60. Grievance Policy & Procedures
61.  Alleged Discrimination Based on Disability. MSP: Councilor McClung/Williams
62.
63. Policy of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicapped Status:
64.  does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or
65.  treatment or employment in its federally assisted programs or activities. MSP: Councilor
66.  McClung/Bloom. All in favor.
67.
68. LEP:
69.  Officer/Reagan. All in favor.
70.
71. Mike Springer:
72.  request to proceed with the partitioning of Parcels 1 and 2 of Land Partition 2021-14
73. MSP: To approve with the amendment of the lot size. Councilor Officer/ Bloom
74.
75. Public Works Director Agreement:
76. MSP: To approve the employee contract with the discussed added legal revisions. Councilor
77.  Officer/Williams. All present voted unanimously.
78.
79.  Public Works Report: Funding for the water meter project is underway.
80.
81. Fire Report:
82.
83. Payables:
  To ratify payment of the bills.
84. MSP: To pay the bills. Councilor Officer/Reagan.
85.
86. Mayor Hamsher adjourned the meeting at 7:14 pm
87.
88.

  The City of Prairie City’s LEP (Limited English Proficiency) Plan. MSP: Councilor

 Discussed the approval of a Land Partition. The land owner is Raquel Hecht, she

 The City of Prairie City

 No fires.

89.
90.
91. Approved by the City Council this 11th day of January, 2023 and signed by the mayor.
92.
93.
94. Attested:
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96.
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100.

  Shonalie Oakes, City Recorder

          Jim Hamsher, Mayor